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  1. 14 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

    It's hard to make out right? I honestly have watched it umpteen times and still cannot make out where the ball was supposed to go.

    I *think* it's an RPO where QE checks to see tight coverage on the WR and then is reading the deep safety. When he doesn't drop to the field corner, QE is pulling it to throw to the route up top, 1 on 1. 

  2. I’m a Vandy undergrad/Texas grad. My grandpa was a Texas grad; the family has always been Texas fans, and I’ve been a die hard. While I always pull for Vandy, I hope Texas stomps them this week. Hook ‘em. 

    I’ll also never understand why a school that had a mascot that sounds like commode would choose a catch phrase, “Anchor Down”, that sounds like taking dump. 

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  3. 43 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

    There is also this: "Anthony Hill Jr., who was only okay a year ago."

    Seriously... he wrote that about a guy who was second on the team in tackles, had 5 sacks, 8 tackles for a loss, 4 QB hurries, a FF, all as a true freshman with a lower share of snaps than others. 

    lol. Two of the “special” players on the Michigan Offense are a converted linebacker who’s a 5th year player with 345 career rushing yards and a senior tight end with seven catches, ever. 

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  4. 54 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    Did many folks watch the Michigan/Fresno game last night?

    I was at the game last night. I don’t know how it read on TV, but Michigan basically played man/press man single high all night and dared Fresno to pass it and Fresno couldn’t. There wasn’t much to see, really. 
     

    Offensively, Michigan’s lack of push was surprising. Also, their receivers couldn’t get open, and when they did Warren was not good. Orji’s one pass caused an audible reaction from the crowd. It was comical. 
     

    The Big House is a cool place to watch a game. But it’s a very shallow bowl all the way around, hence not very loud. This is also the first year of beer sales there. 

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  5. 8 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

    Left after I graduated from MSU for Austin. Lived there a couple of years, moved back, didn't want to live with my parents and one bedroom apartments were cheaper downtown than in Royal Oak so I lived dowb there for a couple of years, working in Dearborn. I'm in Troy now. Are you in Lake Orion? 

    Yep. I’m a professor at Oakland and I live in LO with my wife, also a Texas graduate. 🤘🏻

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  6. 1 hour ago, Baboontyme said:

    I think greektown is pretty sketchy these days on the weekends, as well, no? Old man voice when I lived downtown in the early 00s that was the only place to go. I think I have heard that casino is now the worst of the 3. In general I have never felt unsafe downtown. I worked in downtown Pontiac for a few years and it felt much sketchier to me than Detroit. 

    Tbh, I don’t know. Casinos aren’t my thing. But Pontiac can be sketchy for sure. Did you leave MI?

  7. I'm a Vandy grad from the Dallas area, got a graduate degree from Texas. Some of the Vandy fandom is shitty, just like some of the student body, but there are plenty of good, dedicated fans. Even more so when considering the general nature of the product. 

  8. 15 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    We are taking the Amtrak in from Detroit and should be arriving in Ann Arbor around 10:20. Anyone chosen this option before? Our return train is at like 7:30 that night, so could be doing some tailgating or bar hopping afterwards. It costs a total of $70 for two and that includes business class on the way there. Seems like a solid option on paper. 

    I've taken the Wolverine a few times, typically from Detroit to Chicago. The stop in Detroit is in a fine part of town, not far from the DIA and other cool things, but the station area is not a hopping place at night. It'll likely be pretty empty, YMMV on how you feel about that. I figure you will be with other fans who make the same transportation choice, so that's probably good for feeling safe in a city you don't know. If you hang out in the station till your ride appears, you'll be fine. I'd do uber instead of parking a rental there, personally. 


    The A2 stop is close enough to the stadium, and if you are exploring the campus it's sort of on the way to the stadium. Depends on how much you like to walk. You will get to avoid the hassle of game day parking and the traffic headed into A2. There is a lot to do there after the game, so I wouldn't worry about filling time till your return train. 

    The train itself was always fine. Clean, charging ports, etc. I found it to be reasonably on time as long as the weather isn't crazy.

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  9. 11 hours ago, Tex48 said:

    I looked into Vandy season tickets. They also play Bama at home this year. It makes sense to me to buy for the Texas game and sell for the rest. Bama fans usually turn up for the game in Nasheville.

    This is what I did for the Michigan game this year. Hoping it works out. They haven’t announced the cost of the season tickets yet.

     

    Not sure what the secondary market is for Vandy games? When I went to college there, games always had lots of empty seats. 

  10. I live a little north of Detroit. Great place to live, lots of fun stuff to do. Some really cool architecture. Things have changed since I moved here in 2009. Some run down parts of town, but no worse than any of the other big cities I’ve lived in. 

    Ann Arbor is a nice college town. I work there periodically, and it’s a fun place to visit. The big house is a great place to watch a game. I take my son to a game every year, and it’s always a good atmosphere.

    Detroit isn’t particularly close to AA, and the game day traffic can be bad. If you don’t plan to get there really early, 14 can be a tough slog. If you can make it work in AA, I would. 

    If you’re just looking for a cheap place to stay, Ypsilanti is a drab town, but it has a state university, Eastern Michigan. I bet there will be hotels there, and it’s much closer than Detroit. Lansing is about equidistant to AA relative to Detroit. It’s not a town I enjoy visiting, though MSU has a beautiful campus. Another option. 

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  11. 10 hours ago, Woodrow Call said:

    WTF does that mean if you can't get it done on the field? The players Memphis has now are better, and Memphis has as many players in the NFL. End of discussion. 

    What do you mean? The point was that ISU plays down to teams worse than them every year. ISU was a 9 point favorite, was ranked 23 spots higher in SP+, and had a higher composite recruiting ranking. You stated Memphis had more talent than ISU and the players they have now are better, but all the above disagrees. Teams play up and beat more talented teams all the time.

  12. Maybe if you build your culture around out-efforting more talented programs, it’s hard to find the effort against the schools with similar or worse talent. Seems like ISU plays shitty against a bad team every year. 

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